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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

126,697

100.0

enrolled in school

35,984

100.0

Native

121,647

96.0

Nursery school, preschool

2,093

5.8

Born in United States

119,150

94.0

Kindergarten

1,830

5.1

State of residence

62,426

49.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

16,016

44.5

Different state

56,724

44.8

High school (grades 9-12)

7,457

20.7

Born outside United States

2,497

2.0

College or graduate school

8,588

23.9

Foreign born

5,050

4.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,903

1.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

2,605

2.1

Population 25 years and over

79,249

100.0

Not a citizen

2,445

1.9

Less than 9th grade

5,063

6.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

11,249

14.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

26,100

32.9

Total (excluding born at sea)

5,050

100.0

Some college, no degree

16,897

21.3

Europe

1,413

28.0

Associate degree

5,171

6.5

Asia

1,601

31.7

Bachelor's degree

9,201

11.6

Africa

395

7.8

Graduate or professional degree

5,568

7.0

Oceania

7

0.1

Latin America

1,344

26.6

Percent high school graduate or higher

79.4

(X)

Northern America

290

5.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

18.6

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

117,562

100.0

Population 15 years and over

97,662

100.0

English only

108,274

92.1

Never married

25,397

26.0

Language other than English

9,288

7.9

Now married, except separated

53,225

54.5

Speak English less than '"very well"'

3,543

3.0

Separated

2,152

2.2

Spanish

3,861

3.3

Widowed

6,220

6.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,533

1.3

Female

5,017

5.1

Other Indo-European languages

3,759

3.2

Divorced

10,668

10.9

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,268

1.1

Female

6,240

6.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

1,404

1.2

Speak English less than '"very well"'

710

0.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

126,697

100.0

under 18 years

2,793

100.0

Total ancestries reported

126,624

99.9

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,397

50.0

Arab

269

0.2

Czech¹

573

0.5

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

129

0.1

Civilian population 18 years and over

89,121

100.0

Dutch

1,731

1.4

Civilian veterans

16,574

18.6

English

13,865

10.9

French (except Basque)¹

2,900

2.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

1,215

1.0

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

18,826

14.9

Population 5 to 20 years

31,040

100.0

Greek

345

0.3

With a disability

2,971

9.6

Hungarian

766

0.6

Population 21 to 64 years

68,400

100.0

Irish¹

16,448

13.0

With a disability

13,143

19.2

Italian

6,793

5.4

Percent employed

57.5

(X)

Lithuanian

170

0.1

No disability

55,257

80.8

Norwegian

747

0.6

Percent employed

79.4

(X)

Polish

3,814

3.0

Population 65 years and over

13,793

100.0

Portuguese

200

0.2

With a disability

5,598

40.6

Russian

531

0.4

Scotch-Irish

1,867

1.5

Scottish

2,244

1.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

327

0.3

Population 5 years and over

117,562

100.0

Subsaharan African

1,372

1.1

Same house in 1995

65,402

55.6

Swedish

802

0.6

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

49,763

42.3

Swiss

422

0.3

Same county

28,622

24.3

Ukrainian

432

0.3

Different county

21,141

18.0

United States or American

11,163

8.8

Same state

6,119

5.2

Welsh

1,074

0.8

Different state

15,022

12.8

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

755

0.6

Elsewhere in 1995

2,397

2.0

Other ancestries

36,844

29.1

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.